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Patented July 5, 1887.

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CHARLES H. EMERSON, OF YONKERS, NEIV YORK.

TOBOGGAN.

fiPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,083, dated July 5, 1887.

Application filed September 28, [886. Serial No. 214,722. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. EMERSON, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toboggans; andI do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings furnished and forming a part of the same,is a clear, true, and complete description of my invention.

My said improvements relate to that ya I riety of toboggans in which the side slats are bent and carried up to form the hood in such a manner as to retire the outer edges of said slats at the hood from contact with the sides of a slide; and the object of my invention is to afford special strength to the hood for enabling it to resist injury from a square abutment against obstacles, and also provide against cornerwise thrusts, and I attain these ends by, for the first time, crossing the bent ends of the side slats one upon the other at the hood.

In its best form, a hood embodying my invention has the front bent ends of the side slats bent inward and crossed within the hood and beneath the bent ends of the intermediate slats which form the hood; but fairly good results will accrue if said bent ends are crossed upon each other on the outer surface of the hood.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side view of one form of toboggan embody ing my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view thereof on line 00 m, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are lateral sections, respectively, on lines y y and z a, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a front view of a toboggan having its side slats extended upwardly and across each other in front of the curved or bent head. Fig. 7 is a side view of the toboggan shown in Fig.6. Fig. 8 inside view illustrates a to boggan having side bars and my readilydetachable straining-links.

In each of the figures the inner bearingslats, a, are as heretofore, and it is to be understood that their bearing-surfaces may be variously formed, and that they may be of Va rious thicknesses without in any manner af- 5o fect-iug my invention.

In such of the figures as show the front latpreferably in front of'the middle portion of the toboggan.

It must be understood that I do not preclude myself from making the entire bearing-surface laterally eonvex, as in some cases that construction is deemed desirable. In some cases the convex bearingsurface is developed wholly by laterally curving the outer slats, c, the inner slats, a, affording asubstantially fiat lateral bearing-s11 rlace, as heretofore. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the front ends of said slats c are shown to be extended inwardly within the head, and then crossed and secured to thehead or hood A by means of a suitable pin or screw, and preferably having an intermediate bar, (Z, and the slats a are curved or bent upwardly and rearwardly to form the head, and they are firmly bound together by means of the headbar 0 and suitable pins, rivets, or screws.

In Fig. 1 the straining-links f are secured at one end to the head-bar 6, preferably by means of a hook and a thin plate of metal attached to said bar, havingholes to receive said hooks.

These links fare attached to the cross-bar b,

preferably by means of a hook or an eyebolt,

and they are constructed in two parts, one of which is screw-threaded, so that the two parts can be coupled together by a turn-bucklej, in a manner well known, thus providing for ad justabilityin the matterof straining the head, as well as for convenient detach-ability.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the side slats, c, as before described, are turned up laterally at the ed ges; but instead of passing upward and inward within the head they cross each other outside of the head and are firmly secured to the headbar 6; but the straining link fis as before described. y

In Fig. 8 the side slats, c, are shown as in Fig.1; but in this form of toboggan there are side rails or bars, 9, on top of the several cross-bars at their ends and firmly secured thereto. lhe front end, 9, of said side rail extends forward of the cross-bar b, and its outer end serves as a means for coupling with the straining-link f, which in this case is not adjustable, but is readily detachable, because it has a'loop or eye at its lower end which is occupied by the front end, 9, of the side bar, 9. By thus crossing the bent ends of the side slats at the hood upon each other, and securing them as indicated, the hood is greatly strengthened and well adapted to successfully resist injuries during such full-front collisions as are liable to occur at the foot of a slide, as well as during cornerwise thrusts, which frequently occur, especially against the side walls 15 of a slide.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- In a toboggan, the combination, with the hood, of the side slats, upwardly bent at their 20 front ends, inclined inward, and crossing each other at the hood and united thereto,substantially as described.

CHARLES H. EMERSON. 

